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Chicago examiner vol vi no 130 a m thursday may 21 1908 14 pages price one cent delivered hy carrier 30 cent per month trust allies buck a suit filed to enj oin sanitary lighting move made to prevent erect ing of poles and stringing of wires in cicero sullivan's hand is seen r c hall his liegeman at torney for complaining com pany healing to-day the mysterious fine italian hand which the sanitary district trus tees maintain is controlling the maneuvers threatening to pervert the purpose of the sanitary district elec tric plant may be disclosed before the final word is said in answer to a suit for an injunction served yesterday upon a deputy of president robert r mccormick of the drainage district board the suit which was instituted in the circuit court prays that the sani tary district of Chicago be restrained from erecting poles and stringing wires for the purpose of conveying and distributing electricity for light ing purposes in the town of cicero handy prepares answer suspecting another move in the long stic-j cession of obstacles which have been hurled | in the path of the sanitary district enter prise with surprisingly systematic regular ity since its advent as a municipal lighting plant conscientiously bidding for the busi ness of the people james s handy as sistant attorney of the sanitary board burned much midnight oil in the prepara tion of * sweeping answer which will be delivered before master in chancery kels ler at 10 o'clock this morning the professional interest of one of the attorneys for the complaining grant land association of cicero ross t hall well known as a political and personal ally of roger r sullivan has a significant mean ing to the sanitary district trustees wbo point to the financial and directorial inter est of mr sullivan in the cosmopolitan electric company the sole and persistent bidder for the product of the district lighe ing plant suit hinges on answer in fact so much importance is attached to the presence of roger sullivan's ally as an attorney for the complainant in this last move against the future of the dis trict lighting venture that the threatened suit to compel the city to grant the use of sreets and conduits to the sanitary dis trict for the conveyance of electric lighting power will he hinged upon the answer to the prayer of the injunction the sanitary district trustees have long sought answers to several questions that have been bruited about in political and civic circles since the open charges several months ago of the formation of an electric lighting trust in Chicago for the pur pose of insuring the life of the common wealth edison electric company and its subsidiary corporations trustees ask pointed questions ** the questions which perplex the trustees are why do the several functions of the city administration persist in applying obstruc tive methods to the handling of the sani tary district's petition for admission to the city as a lighting corporation why docs the corporation counsel's office maintain that the city of Chicago has no legal right to grant the use of their streets and conduits to the sanitary district electric lighting plant when it only asks the same privileges as that accorded the commonwealth edison com pany and its ailied corporations why docs the cosmopolitan eleatric com pany dominated it is charged by oue of its incorporators and directors roger c sullivan presist in bidding for the electric lighting power available from the sanitary district plant tu quantities of 5.000 kilowatts or virtually 0.000 horse power the trustees want lo know the reason for what they term malicious tampering with mrs thaw to withdraw the suit to annul her marriage next tuesday seeks control of husband's property if he is held insane by judge morschauser nkw york ma.v 20 t'nless she is induced by members of the thaw family to change her mind evelyn nesbit-thaw on next i*uesday when the case comes up will withdraw her suit for the annulment of her marriage to harry k thaw that was admitted to-day by daniel o'reilly her attorney but he refused to say what he thought might happen to induce his client not to drop her action the suit will be withdrawn formally wheu the case is called before the referee appointed by the supreme court the case came up to-lday but o'reilly asked for an adjournment for a week if justice morschauser decides thaw is insane and sends him back to mattewan mrs thaw will ask for charge of his property to administer it for his beoelt and for hers the appointment of evelyn thaw as a committee of her husband's person and estate would result in a condition not to thaw's liking she has beeu dependent on his whim for money the situation will be reversed if evelyn thaw is appointed to control tfcaw's estate eben c chamberlain dies in pittsburg former chicagoan slept regularly with an aztec mummy pittsbcrg pa may 20 eben c chamberlain famous scientist former city bacteriologist of Chicago and honor grad uate of princeton in 89 died at a hotel here last night several years ago as a joke several friends of chamberlain placed an aztec mummy in his bed when chamberlain discovered it he calmly went to bed and to sleep and since that time he slept with it constantly his body was cremated this morning chamberlain was j born at sandy hill washington county x y forty-six years ago every cent ihe owned was left to charity to his late i business partner henry j haber he left the skull of his former business part ner which he had kept in his room for eight years two bishops elected quayle makes gains selection of Chicago man to m e episcopacy believed certain baltimore md may 20 rev drs w f anderson secretary of the method ist board of education free-man's aid and sunday schools new york city and john la neulsen professor ln nast theo logical seminary berea 0 were elected to the episcopacy of the methodist epis copal church on the second ballot for bishops taken by the general conference to-day no bishop was elected on the first ballot taken in the morning it was said the rev drs w a quayle of Chicago and r j cooke of new york had made large gains in the second ballot over the vote they had polled in the first i ballot their ultimate election is regarded i as certain mrs longworth to be here during convention president's daughter will be guest of the mccormicks representative nicholas longworth and his wife alice roosevelt longworth will be the guests of mr and mrs joseph medill mccormick during the republican convention which convenes here june 16 miss ethel roosevelt the younger daugh ter of the president may also come to the convention mrs longworth and mrs mccormick have been intimate friends for a long time the mccormicks went east for the roosevelt-lougworth wedding and when miss ruth manna became the bride of joseph mediil mccormick mrs long worth then miss roosevelt was one of her attendants c columbus will become south Chicago resident city to move drake fountain to 92d street and exchange avenue a new location for the drake fountain which now adorns the la salle street en trance of the city hail was tentatively decided upon yesterday when mayor busse and members of his cabinet made a tour of south Chicago in search of a suitable place theater park at ninety second street and exchange avenue hap been picked as the spot to be honored by the historic fountain which must be re moved preparatory to the erection of the new city hall kequests for the fountain had been received from fifteen wards police will raid gypsy camps for kidnaped boys children seen trailed by a trio who cannot nov be found mother to join in hunt father of one lad aided by friends follows clews in vain chester mccormick and ralph mccabe the young boys who disappeared from their homes at 6643 state street on tuesday aft ernoon are thought by their parents and the police of the englewood station to have been kidnaped by a band of gypsies fathers of the missing boys learned that a band of gypsies had been camped at one hundred and nineteenth street and michigan aven\je in roseland g w mc cabe and a party of friends went to rose land last night only to find that the gyp sies had departed a week ago they were forced to return home without finding any trace of the boys through the police they learned how ever that there were other gypsy bands in the suburbs of the city to-day with friends and with the assistance of police they will search these gypsy camps for their boys held for ransom is belief thomas mccormick a clerk ln the re ceiving department of the n k falrbank company declares the boys are being held for a ransom by the gypsies the boys disappeared tuesday afternoon youug mccormick is eight years of age ralph mccabe is seven both boys at tended the brownell school sixty-fifth street and perry avenue they returned from school as usual tuesday afternoon and were seen playing about 4 o'clock in the street in front of their home then they disappeared a search was started for the missing boys when they did not come home for their supper all night long and all day yesterday it was continued mr mccor mick and mr mccabe the fathers walked the streets all night long searched vacant lots and hams peered into freight cars and warehouses ln the hope of cominj across the boys every policeman in chi cago was looking for the boys at home two molhers sat weeping and protesting that thej knew harm bad txime to their sons saw gypsies trailing boys last evening joseph mouaghau 6641 la fayette street gave flrst news of the two lads 1 remember very well seeing two bovs who answer perfectly the description yl>u give of the missing lads he told mccabe and mccormick they were walking up lafayette street about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon my attention was called to them because 1 saw three persons two men and a woman who apparently were gypsies following the bovs i watched them until all were out of sight the gvp sies made no attempt to molest the bovs or to speak to them that i could see so 1 returned to my home when i saw to-day that two boys were missing from this neighborhood i know in a minute that thev must be the boys that i saw the parents learned that a big band of gyrsies had made a camp in roseland they notified the police of the englewood sta tion and then went out to search for the gypsy camp thinking perhaps that it was to this camp that the gypsies went who were following the lads the gypsies had gone monaghnu says that he eonld not be mis taken in the gypsies the women he says wore the typical gypsy garb and the men could not be mistaken i feel sure that the boys must have been lured away said mccormick last etening they have never run away from home in their lives either of them they have never missed being at home for their meals they were happy in their homes mother will search the camps mis mccormick and mrs mccabe sur rounded by their children there are three besides the missing boys in each familv sat in the mccormick home last evening their eyes red from weeping i know that my boy would not run away said mrs mccormick i know a mother's instinct tells me that chester has been carried off by those gypsies if the boys are not found by to-morrow i am going out to the gypsy camps myself and see if i cannot locate them chester mccormick is eight vears old when he left home he wore a light blue shirt waist dark blue trousers black stockings and shoes and a dark blue win ter cap the boy's teeth are irregular the upper teeth protruding over the lower ralph mccabe is seven years old he wore a blue shirt waist a pair of buckskin indian trousers with leather fringe on the outside of the legs and a brown cap the belief that george and ruth phelan of riverside who have been missing since sunday were kidnaped is growing among residents of the village who until yester day clung to the theory that thc children had been drowned in the desplaines river novel flying machine will be tested to-day aeroplane white wings also will at tempt another flight hammondspokt x y may 20 the first test will be given to-morrow of the fly ing machine known as the helicopter in vented by 1 newton williams this con trivance has overhead propellers moving in opposite directions supported by a vertical 3haft rising from a car five feet square in which the operator sits a forty horse power eight cylinder engine will be used iu ths afternoon the aeroplane white wings will be given another test the damage done yesterday proved more serious than was at fiist believed and all to day was needed for repairs the big aerodrome for j oliver jones mammoth dirigible airship arrived to-day nnd mr jones says he will have his ma chine ready for the projected trip to bos ton within five or six days jury in ruef case still out at midnight sax fkam'isco cal may 20 f inrv with whom rests th fine of abel lluef former political boss of san fran cisco was still out ai 11 o'clock to-night ruef is accused of bribing supervisor jen nings in the parkside trolley matter rabies victim dies physicians fail to save him brooklyn man's prediction made at pasteur institute is fulfilled prepares for his death settles business affairs when notified that he cannot survive new york may 20.-willla h marsh a brooklyn manufacturer who was notified at the pasteur institute on mon day that he must die of hydrophobia in a few days died late this afternoon a.t his home 74 ocean avenue brooklyn hope wa3 abandoned to-day after an all night struggle in which six famous doctors were engaged every means known to science was resorted to in a vain effort to maintain life while the two sons and two daughters of the stricken man prayed and wept in an adjoining room a it was only when the last shred of hope was lost that dr wheeler emerged from the sufferer's chamber haggard and dis couraged it is only a matter of hours he said we have kept mr marsh alive with hypodermic injections but their effect is failing he is in the second stage of the disease that of convulsions and is rapidly passing into the third where he will be come paralytic the fourth stage is death for twenty-four hours marsh had beeu as much under the influence of opiates as the malady would permit his sufferings were not so acute as generally is the case after mr marsh had received his sen tence of death ou monday he went home and settled his business affairs outwardly he seemed wonderfully composed though at frequent intervals he was seized with convulsive twitching his family physi cian called in a specialist tut it was clear to physicians that all that could be done was to administer opiates more than 200 letters and telegrams were received at the home to-day offering cures among them were many counseling chris tian science the doctors said these com munications were ridiculous one physician dr o e miller 153 la salle street Chicago telegraphed that he had various testimonials showing that he has cured hydrophobia in the most ad vanced stages and that he felt sure he could cure mr marsh snapshot of mae c wood taken at court senator piatt on stand miss wood charges that senator piatt married her at the fifth avenue hotel her present action is for divorce money bills dead conferees give up house and senate agree only on the appointment of a currency commission washington may 20 there will be no currency legislation at this session of congress the senate and house con ferees wbo liave been considering the house conference bill decided late this afternoon that there r*as no common ground upon which they could effect a compromise between the house and senate views a filial adjodrnmeat was taken the conferees to report back to their re spective houses their inability to agree with the request that they be discharged from a further consideration of the sub ject the only thing upon which the conferees agreed was the necessity for a currency commission to consider the entire financial system of the corf-try with a view to gen eral legislation at the next session of con gress a bill providing for the creation of a commission of eighteen six members of the senate six of the house and six to be appointed the disagreement of the conferees on currency legislation hinged upon the sub stitution of bonds for bank assets as secur ity for the emergency currency the sen ale stood out for the bonds while the house bill is built ou bank assets friends of the vreeland bill claim that it is not an asset currency measure it was held by the house conferees that no biil which would oblige banks to buy bonds of any description would receive a majority of the republican side of the house the senate conferees insisted that no asset or credit c-ttenej plan would be considered by the scnme why he idle when the free er-lce i of the examiner em pic 3 ment exchange ! may be obta ed by the insertion of a small ad in the situation wanted col j umns of the examiner *{ hamlin wizard oil man dies at hotel builder of grand opera house succumbs after illness of many weeks johu a hamlin the founder of wizard oil a theatrical manager known through out the i.ountry and the owner of the grand opera house flied at his home at the virginia hotel last night at 7 o'clock at the age of seventy-one mr hamlin began his business career as a commercial traveler and in 1859 estab lished in the patent medicine business as founder of hamlin's wizard oil of which he remained head and president until his death he started the business in cincin nati and in 1861 came to Chicago to de velop it he made a fortune out of the business tyid at the time of his death was wealthy after chicago's big fire in 1871 mr ham lin built hamlin's theater which is now the grand opera house of which he was the sole proprietor mr hamlin was born iu cuyahoga falls summit county ohio june 28 1837 he was the son of dr william starr hamlin and eliza welch hamlin and his ancestors for generations were pioneers of that part of the state many of his male forebears were professional people either ministers of the gospel or physicians he was educated in the public schools of ohio and at taylor's academy cuyahoga falls he was married in cincinnati in 1860 to miss mary eleanor hart who sur vives hihi seven children were born to the couple ot wlioni four are living they are harry l hamlin manager of the grand opera house george hamlin the singer herbert hamlin the attorney aurj mrs mancel clark all of Chicago mr hamlin of recent years left the active management of his theatrical ven tures to his son harry l hamlin but he continued to exercise a supervisory con trol of his other interests even up to the time of his last illness a few weeks ago he was a republican and a member of the masonic fraternity he was also a member of ihe l'nion league and the yasbin"to park clubs the funeral probably will take place friday the grand opera house will be closed until after the burial platt admits catty and i had a love signal code aged senator testifies for three hours in mae wood suit for divorce ,-... near collapse on stand admits inviting her to fifth avenue hotel but denies marriage ceremony avows foolish fondness calls letters forgeries says he signed his name on blank sheet of paper new york may 20 so weak he had to be supported while he walked united states sena tor thomas c piatt to-day took the stand at the trial of mae c wood's suit against him for absolute divorce before supreme court justice o'gor man and denied that he had ever mar ried the plaintiff or even promised to make her his wife the senator testified most of tha time almost in a whisper and when he was asked to speak louder he made a most pitiful attempt to do so even when his feelings got the bet ter of him and he tried to make his words emphatic he could hardly '.Â» '-â€” . heard a few feet away miss wood was not in court to see the ravages time and isease hp.-e made on the man who she claims as husband for nearly three hours the aged senator endured the ordeal when he finally was told that it was over he pulled his overcoat up around his shoulders and looked out appeal ingly for help i can't get up he said attendants lifted him out of the chair he put on his silk hat and when a court officer cried hats off he begged to keep it on he didn't have the strength to hold his own hat they led the senator from the court room his slender legs so weak they could barely move in three-inch steps he walked or rather was dragged down the aisle senator piatt's examination wa closed abruptly at the suggestion of justice o'gorm.in fear senator will collapse the judge noticed that the witness seemed on the verge of collapse and called miss wood's lawyer charles le barbler to him in a whisper he sug gested that the cross-examination had better be brought to a elose as speedily as possible this was done mr stanch field limited his redirect examination to a few questions while denying in direct examination that be had ever married miss wood or even asked her to marry under cross-fire ha admitted a very cordial friendship and said he liked her because she was a very agreeable woman when asked if he had never addressed her in endearing terms he first said no and then qualified his answer to testi fying i may have done it foolishly sometimes he admitted that miss wood was in his apartments at the fifth avenue hotel on november 9 1901 the day she coutends a legal marriage ceremony was performed tlie senator however said he had merely asker her there to have dinner with him and that she had not remained as she te tificd for the next three days admits code of signals he admitted owever that they had n code of signals by rapping on the door be tween the room she occupied and the outer rooms senator piatt also admitted that his sec retary at that time was albert howe a methodist episcopal clergyman but bs denied that he bad ever officiated at a marriage ceremony or signed a marriage certificate some amusement was caused when mr i.e barbier asked senator piatt tf lie had not written miss wood 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Chicago examiner vol vi no 130 a m thursday may 21 1908 14 pages price one cent delivered hy carrier 30 cent per month trust allies buck a suit filed to enj oin sanitary lighting move made to prevent erect ing of poles and stringing of wires in cicero sullivan's hand is seen r c hall his liegeman at torney for complaining com pany healing to-day the mysterious fine italian hand which the sanitary district trus tees maintain is controlling the maneuvers threatening to pervert the purpose of the sanitary district elec tric plant may be disclosed before the final word is said in answer to a suit for an injunction served yesterday upon a deputy of president robert r mccormick of the drainage district board the suit which was instituted in the circuit court prays that the sani tary district of Chicago be restrained from erecting poles and stringing wires for the purpose of conveying and distributing electricity for light ing purposes in the town of cicero handy prepares answer suspecting another move in the long stic-j cession of obstacles which have been hurled | in the path of the sanitary district enter prise with surprisingly systematic regular ity since its advent as a municipal lighting plant conscientiously bidding for the busi ness of the people james s handy as sistant attorney of the sanitary board burned much midnight oil in the prepara tion of * sweeping answer which will be delivered before master in chancery kels ler at 10 o'clock this morning the professional interest of one of the attorneys for the complaining grant land association of cicero ross t hall well known as a political and personal ally of roger r sullivan has a significant mean ing to the sanitary district trustees wbo point to the financial and directorial inter est of mr sullivan in the cosmopolitan electric company the sole and persistent bidder for the product of the district lighe ing plant suit hinges on answer in fact so much importance is attached to the presence of roger sullivan's ally as an attorney for the complainant in this last move against the future of the dis trict lighting venture that the threatened suit to compel the city to grant the use of sreets and conduits to the sanitary dis trict for the conveyance of electric lighting power will he hinged upon the answer to the prayer of the injunction the sanitary district trustees have long sought answers to several questions that have been bruited about in political and civic circles since the open charges several months ago of the formation of an electric lighting trust in Chicago for the pur pose of insuring the life of the common wealth edison electric company and its subsidiary corporations trustees ask pointed questions ** the questions which perplex the trustees are why do the several functions of the city administration persist in applying obstruc tive methods to the handling of the sani tary district's petition for admission to the city as a lighting corporation why docs the corporation counsel's office maintain that the city of Chicago has no legal right to grant the use of their streets and conduits to the sanitary district electric lighting plant when it only asks the same privileges as that accorded the commonwealth edison com pany and its ailied corporations why docs the cosmopolitan eleatric com pany dominated it is charged by oue of its incorporators and directors roger c sullivan presist in bidding for the electric lighting power available from the sanitary district plant tu quantities of 5.000 kilowatts or virtually 0.000 horse power the trustees want lo know the reason for what they term malicious tampering with mrs thaw to withdraw the suit to annul her marriage next tuesday seeks control of husband's property if he is held insane by judge morschauser nkw york ma.v 20 t'nless she is induced by members of the thaw family to change her mind evelyn nesbit-thaw on next i*uesday when the case comes up will withdraw her suit for the annulment of her marriage to harry k thaw that was admitted to-day by daniel o'reilly her attorney but he refused to say what he thought might happen to induce his client not to drop her action the suit will be withdrawn formally wheu the case is called before the referee appointed by the supreme court the case came up to-lday but o'reilly asked for an adjournment for a week if justice morschauser decides thaw is insane and sends him back to mattewan mrs thaw will ask for charge of his property to administer it for his beoelt and for hers the appointment of evelyn thaw as a committee of her husband's person and estate would result in a condition not to thaw's liking she has beeu dependent on his whim for money the situation will be reversed if evelyn thaw is appointed to control tfcaw's estate eben c chamberlain dies in pittsburg former chicagoan slept regularly with an aztec mummy pittsbcrg pa may 20 eben c chamberlain famous scientist former city bacteriologist of Chicago and honor grad uate of princeton in 89 died at a hotel here last night several years ago as a joke several friends of chamberlain placed an aztec mummy in his bed when chamberlain discovered it he calmly went to bed and to sleep and since that time he slept with it constantly his body was cremated this morning chamberlain was j born at sandy hill washington county x y forty-six years ago every cent ihe owned was left to charity to his late i business partner henry j haber he left the skull of his former business part ner which he had kept in his room for eight years two bishops elected quayle makes gains selection of Chicago man to m e episcopacy believed certain baltimore md may 20 rev drs w f anderson secretary of the method ist board of education free-man's aid and sunday schools new york city and john la neulsen professor ln nast theo logical seminary berea 0 were elected to the episcopacy of the methodist epis copal church on the second ballot for bishops taken by the general conference to-day no bishop was elected on the first ballot taken in the morning it was said the rev drs w a quayle of Chicago and r j cooke of new york had made large gains in the second ballot over the vote they had polled in the first i ballot their ultimate election is regarded i as certain mrs longworth to be here during convention president's daughter will be guest of the mccormicks representative nicholas longworth and his wife alice roosevelt longworth will be the guests of mr and mrs joseph medill mccormick during the republican convention which convenes here june 16 miss ethel roosevelt the younger daugh ter of the president may also come to the convention mrs longworth and mrs mccormick have been intimate friends for a long time the mccormicks went east for the roosevelt-lougworth wedding and when miss ruth manna became the bride of joseph mediil mccormick mrs long worth then miss roosevelt was one of her attendants c columbus will become south Chicago resident city to move drake fountain to 92d street and exchange avenue a new location for the drake fountain which now adorns the la salle street en trance of the city hail was tentatively decided upon yesterday when mayor busse and members of his cabinet made a tour of south Chicago in search of a suitable place theater park at ninety second street and exchange avenue hap been picked as the spot to be honored by the historic fountain which must be re moved preparatory to the erection of the new city hall kequests for the fountain had been received from fifteen wards police will raid gypsy camps for kidnaped boys children seen trailed by a trio who cannot nov be found mother to join in hunt father of one lad aided by friends follows clews in vain chester mccormick and ralph mccabe the young boys who disappeared from their homes at 6643 state street on tuesday aft ernoon are thought by their parents and the police of the englewood station to have been kidnaped by a band of gypsies fathers of the missing boys learned that a band of gypsies had been camped at one hundred and nineteenth street and michigan aven\je in roseland g w mc cabe and a party of friends went to rose land last night only to find that the gyp sies had departed a week ago they were forced to return home without finding any trace of the boys through the police they learned how ever that there were other gypsy bands in the suburbs of the city to-day with friends and with the assistance of police they will search these gypsy camps for their boys held for ransom is belief thomas mccormick a clerk ln the re ceiving department of the n k falrbank company declares the boys are being held for a ransom by the gypsies the boys disappeared tuesday afternoon youug mccormick is eight years of age ralph mccabe is seven both boys at tended the brownell school sixty-fifth street and perry avenue they returned from school as usual tuesday afternoon and were seen playing about 4 o'clock in the street in front of their home then they disappeared a search was started for the missing boys when they did not come home for their supper all night long and all day yesterday it was continued mr mccor mick and mr mccabe the fathers walked the streets all night long searched vacant lots and hams peered into freight cars and warehouses ln the hope of cominj across the boys every policeman in chi cago was looking for the boys at home two molhers sat weeping and protesting that thej knew harm bad txime to their sons saw gypsies trailing boys last evening joseph mouaghau 6641 la fayette street gave flrst news of the two lads 1 remember very well seeing two bovs who answer perfectly the description yl>u give of the missing lads he told mccabe and mccormick they were walking up lafayette street about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon my attention was called to them because 1 saw three persons two men and a woman who apparently were gypsies following the bovs i watched them until all were out of sight the gvp sies made no attempt to molest the bovs or to speak to them that i could see so 1 returned to my home when i saw to-day that two boys were missing from this neighborhood i know in a minute that thev must be the boys that i saw the parents learned that a big band of gyrsies had made a camp in roseland they notified the police of the englewood sta tion and then went out to search for the gypsy camp thinking perhaps that it was to this camp that the gypsies went who were following the lads the gypsies had gone monaghnu says that he eonld not be mis taken in the gypsies the women he says wore the typical gypsy garb and the men could not be mistaken i feel sure that the boys must have been lured away said mccormick last etening they have never run away from home in their lives either of them they have never missed being at home for their meals they were happy in their homes mother will search the camps mis mccormick and mrs mccabe sur rounded by their children there are three besides the missing boys in each familv sat in the mccormick home last evening their eyes red from weeping i know that my boy would not run away said mrs mccormick i know a mother's instinct tells me that chester has been carried off by those gypsies if the boys are not found by to-morrow i am going out to the gypsy camps myself and see if i cannot locate them chester mccormick is eight vears old when he left home he wore a light blue shirt waist dark blue trousers black stockings and shoes and a dark blue win ter cap the boy's teeth are irregular the upper teeth protruding over the lower ralph mccabe is seven years old he wore a blue shirt waist a pair of buckskin indian trousers with leather fringe on the outside of the legs and a brown cap the belief that george and ruth phelan of riverside who have been missing since sunday were kidnaped is growing among residents of the village who until yester day clung to the theory that thc children had been drowned in the desplaines river novel flying machine will be tested to-day aeroplane white wings also will at tempt another flight hammondspokt x y may 20 the first test will be given to-morrow of the fly ing machine known as the helicopter in vented by 1 newton williams this con trivance has overhead propellers moving in opposite directions supported by a vertical 3haft rising from a car five feet square in which the operator sits a forty horse power eight cylinder engine will be used iu ths afternoon the aeroplane white wings will be given another test the damage done yesterday proved more serious than was at fiist believed and all to day was needed for repairs the big aerodrome for j oliver jones mammoth dirigible airship arrived to-day nnd mr jones says he will have his ma chine ready for the projected trip to bos ton within five or six days jury in ruef case still out at midnight sax fkam'isco cal may 20 f inrv with whom rests th fine of abel lluef former political boss of san fran cisco was still out ai 11 o'clock to-night ruef is accused of bribing supervisor jen nings in the parkside trolley matter rabies victim dies physicians fail to save him brooklyn man's prediction made at pasteur institute is fulfilled prepares for his death settles business affairs when notified that he cannot survive new york may 20.-willla h marsh a brooklyn manufacturer who was notified at the pasteur institute on mon day that he must die of hydrophobia in a few days died late this afternoon a.t his home 74 ocean avenue brooklyn hope wa3 abandoned to-day after an all night struggle in which six famous doctors were engaged every means known to science was resorted to in a vain effort to maintain life while the two sons and two daughters of the stricken man prayed and wept in an adjoining room a it was only when the last shred of hope was lost that dr wheeler emerged from the sufferer's chamber haggard and dis couraged it is only a matter of hours he said we have kept mr marsh alive with hypodermic injections but their effect is failing he is in the second stage of the disease that of convulsions and is rapidly passing into the third where he will be come paralytic the fourth stage is death for twenty-four hours marsh had beeu as much under the influence of opiates as the malady would permit his sufferings were not so acute as generally is the case after mr marsh had received his sen tence of death ou monday he went home and settled his business affairs outwardly he seemed wonderfully composed though at frequent intervals he was seized with convulsive twitching his family physi cian called in a specialist tut it was clear to physicians that all that could be done was to administer opiates more than 200 letters and telegrams were received at the home to-day offering cures among them were many counseling chris tian science the doctors said these com munications were ridiculous one physician dr o e miller 153 la salle street Chicago telegraphed that he had various testimonials showing that he has cured hydrophobia in the most ad vanced stages and that he felt sure he could cure mr marsh snapshot of mae c wood taken at court senator piatt on stand miss wood charges that senator piatt married her at the fifth avenue hotel her present action is for divorce money bills dead conferees give up house and senate agree only on the appointment of a currency commission washington may 20 there will be no currency legislation at this session of congress the senate and house con ferees wbo liave been considering the house conference bill decided late this afternoon that there r*as no common ground upon which they could effect a compromise between the house and senate views a filial adjodrnmeat was taken the conferees to report back to their re spective houses their inability to agree with the request that they be discharged from a further consideration of the sub ject the only thing upon which the conferees agreed was the necessity for a currency commission to consider the entire financial system of the corf-try with a view to gen eral legislation at the next session of con gress a bill providing for the creation of a commission of eighteen six members of the senate six of the house and six to be appointed the disagreement of the conferees on currency legislation hinged upon the sub stitution of bonds for bank assets as secur ity for the emergency currency the sen ale stood out for the bonds while the house bill is built ou bank assets friends of the vreeland bill claim that it is not an asset currency measure it was held by the house conferees that no biil which would oblige banks to buy bonds of any description would receive a majority of the republican side of the house the senate conferees insisted that no asset or credit c-ttenej plan would be considered by the scnme why he idle when the free er-lce i of the examiner em pic 3 ment exchange ! may be obta ed by the insertion of a small ad in the situation wanted col j umns of the examiner *{ hamlin wizard oil man dies at hotel builder of grand opera house succumbs after illness of many weeks johu a hamlin the founder of wizard oil a theatrical manager known through out the i.ountry and the owner of the grand opera house flied at his home at the virginia hotel last night at 7 o'clock at the age of seventy-one mr hamlin began his business career as a commercial traveler and in 1859 estab lished in the patent medicine business as founder of hamlin's wizard oil of which he remained head and president until his death he started the business in cincin nati and in 1861 came to Chicago to de velop it he made a fortune out of the business tyid at the time of his death was wealthy after chicago's big fire in 1871 mr ham lin built hamlin's theater which is now the grand opera house of which he was the sole proprietor mr hamlin was born iu cuyahoga falls summit county ohio june 28 1837 he was the son of dr william starr hamlin and eliza welch hamlin and his ancestors for generations were pioneers of that part of the state many of his male forebears were professional people either ministers of the gospel or physicians he was educated in the public schools of ohio and at taylor's academy cuyahoga falls he was married in cincinnati in 1860 to miss mary eleanor hart who sur vives hihi seven children were born to the couple ot wlioni four are living they are harry l hamlin manager of the grand opera house george hamlin the singer herbert hamlin the attorney aurj mrs mancel clark all of Chicago mr hamlin of recent years left the active management of his theatrical ven tures to his son harry l hamlin but he continued to exercise a supervisory con trol of his other interests even up to the time of his last illness a few weeks ago he was a republican and a member of the masonic fraternity he was also a member of ihe l'nion league and the yasbin"to park clubs the funeral probably will take place friday the grand opera house will be closed until after the burial platt admits catty and i had a love signal code aged senator testifies for three hours in mae wood suit for divorce ,-... near collapse on stand admits inviting her to fifth avenue hotel but denies marriage ceremony avows foolish fondness calls letters forgeries says he signed his name on blank sheet of paper new york may 20 so weak he had to be supported while he walked united states sena tor thomas c piatt to-day took the stand at the trial of mae c wood's suit against him for absolute divorce before supreme court justice o'gor man and denied that he had ever mar ried the plaintiff or even promised to make her his wife the senator testified most of tha time almost in a whisper and when he was asked to speak louder he made a most pitiful attempt to do so even when his feelings got the bet ter of him and he tried to make his words emphatic he could hardly '.Â» '-â€” . heard a few feet away miss wood was not in court to see the ravages time and isease hp.-e made on the man who she claims as husband for nearly three hours the aged senator endured the ordeal when he finally was told that it was over he pulled his overcoat up around his shoulders and looked out appeal ingly for help i can't get up he said attendants lifted him out of the chair he put on his silk hat and when a court officer cried hats off he begged to keep it on he didn't have the strength to hold his own hat they led the senator from the court room his slender legs so weak they could barely move in three-inch steps he walked or rather was dragged down the aisle senator piatt's examination wa closed abruptly at the suggestion of justice o'gorm.in fear senator will collapse the judge noticed that the witness seemed on the verge of collapse and called miss wood's lawyer charles le barbler to him in a whisper he sug gested that the cross-examination had better be brought to a elose as speedily as possible this was done mr stanch field limited his redirect examination to a few questions while denying in direct examination that be had ever married miss wood or even asked her to marry under cross-fire ha admitted a very cordial friendship and said he liked her because she was a very agreeable woman when asked if he had never addressed her in endearing terms he first said no and then qualified his answer to testi fying i may have done it foolishly sometimes he admitted that miss wood was in his apartments at the fifth avenue hotel on november 9 1901 the day she coutends a legal marriage ceremony was performed tlie senator however said he had merely asker her there to have dinner with him and that she had not remained as she te tificd for the next three days admits code of signals he admitted owever that they had n code of signals by rapping on the door be tween the room she occupied and the outer rooms senator piatt also admitted that his sec retary at that time was albert howe a methodist episcopal clergyman but bs denied that he bad ever officiated at a marriage ceremony or signed a marriage certificate some amusement was caused when mr i.e barbier asked senator piatt tf lie had not written miss wood 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